Howden Acquires UK Specialist Broker Medical Professional Risk Solutions (MPRS) May 19, 2021 Howden Broking announced it has acquired Medical Professional Risk Solutions (MPRS), a specialist insurance broker for the primary care sector,...
Medical Protection Society Receives Approval to Form Full Lloyd’s Syndicate May 18, 2021 Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced it has received “in principle” approval from the Lloyd’s Council for the...
Positive Physicians Insurance Co. Expands Med Mal Coverage into Florida, Georgia May 7, 2021 Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance...
North Carolina-Based Medical Mutual Rebrands as ‘Curi’ April 24, 2019 Medical Mutual Holdings, Inc., is rebranding to Curi, a new name and brand that the company says better reflects its...
For U.S. Doctors, Being Sued Is Common Ailment March 7, 2018 Getting sued is not an uncommon event for physicians. More than a third of physicians (34 percent) have had a...
Chubb Global Markets Appoints Hiscox’s Rowley as Senior Underwriter Financial Lines March 5, 2018 Chubb announced the appointment of Benjamin Rowley as senior underwriter Financial Lines, Chubb Global Markets. Rowley is a medical malpractice...
Attorneys, Not Adjusters, Handle Claims at Texas Medical Malpractice Insurer, Capson December 13, 2017 Austin, Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Co. announced it is providing in-house attorneys, rather than adjusters, to help facilitate claims for...
Insurer Threatens to Sue if Pennsylvania Tries to Take $200M August 2, 2017 An organization created by state law to offer medical malpractice insurance is threatening to sue if Pennsylvania state government tries...
Arkansas Bill Would Limit Attorneys’ Fees, Punitive Damages February 16, 2017 An Arkansas Senate committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters to limit some attorneys’ fees and...
Making It Possible for Hospitals to Be Honest About Medical Errors June 10, 2016 By John Tozzi Medical errors in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of patients each year, and even more suffer injury because of...